What makes powerful coaching questions so powerful? Sometimes coaches get so carried away asking “powerful coaching questions” prior to thoroughly establishing trust, understanding where our clients are, and learning their vocabulary.  I believe if we truly want our questions to be powerful, we need to ask them when our clients are ready to hear them. We also need to use the kind of words and phrases our clients can relate to. That takes getting to know your client first. Otherwise, even the most “powerful” question falls flat and is not powerful at all. When we take a coaching course, these questions are a great learning tool and they sound awesome out of context. However, when using them with clients, we need to trust that the “right” question will come up when we commit to being in the moment.  And when we force these “powerful” questions, they feel contrived and almost superficial. They often stick out like a sore thumb, feel out of place and are often foreign to the language their client can relate to.  It also results in lack of trust between you and your client.  So, to ask a powerful coaching question – stay in the moment and listen deeply. The right — and most powerful — questions will generally come out organically. And the question that is the most powerful for one person in a given moment, may be totally ineffective for another. What are your thoughts?

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